Microsoft buys up some Borland shares, installs more MS-friendly director.
Borland ceases development on Kylix.
Microsoft sells shares of Borland.
I seem to remember them doing something like that to some other company, was that Corel?
NOOOOOOO-------
- (folkert)
- (18)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 12:41:56 PM EST
Was just about to post that
- (drewk)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 12:44:06 PM EST
Yeah, well... I don't think I'm the only fan they'd lose.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- (16)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 02:23:36 PM EST
(And by "fan", I mean PAYING CUSTOMER!)
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- (15)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 02:24:16 PM EST
By "they", you mean Borland?
- (jb4)
- (7)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 02:45:03 PM EST
IMO, buying Borland would be a formality.
- (inthane-chan)
- (6)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 03:20:29 PM EST
Yup. Why would MS spend the money?
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 04:02:41 PM EST
Yeah, that looks about right.
- (inthane-chan)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 04:12:25 PM EST
There is only one reason I can think of. (Conrad, plz note).
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 04:20:58 PM EST
That's the slogan they used at the intro of K1, two yrs ago.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 04:31:16 PM EST
So where can I get this Kylix?
- (lincoln)
- (1)
- Dec. 13, 2002, 10:52:11 AM EST
So all my zealotry through the years totally passed you by??
- (CRConrad)
- Dec. 13, 2002, 11:26:27 AM EST
Well, Conrad, Looks like I WON'T BE LEARNING KYLIX!
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (6)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 03:30:05 PM EST
Hey, it's FAAAR from a "done deal!", yet... So go ahead!
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- (4)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 03:35:29 PM EST
Yabut
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 03:59:54 PM EST
So? Either FP/Lazarus is done by then, or...
- (CRConrad)
- (2)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 04:28:36 PM EST
There's no zealot like an old zealot :-)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 05:14:25 PM EST
Zealot? Hey, I thought he was just an old Galilean beggar...
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 05:47:32 PM EST
Maybe this is M$'s intent.
- (Meerkat)
- Dec. 12, 2002, 04:21:17 PM EST